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The Preview Image Generator (PIG) is a new Revit addin produced by Parley Burnett, a guy that has been in and around Revit and BIM for a long time. Out-of-the-box Revit has been producing family previ…
Under-slab insulation (fitted or fixed below a concrete slab) is a legitimate coordination item. Typically it is installed first on site, so other trades and services must fit in around it. This means…
Fellow Expert Elite Karam Baki has posted an interesting workaround for ‘converting’ between differently hosted Revit families. The term converting isn’t quite accurate, really we are just ‘nesting’ t…
There was an API addin available a while back, but in recent years I have used: the Case Batch Export Family RFA’s tool https://wrw.blackgrid.com.au/2012/12/how-to-determine-if-family-is-in-place.html…
Have you ever exploded a SAT or DWG in the Family Environment, and then gone looking for the Visibility Settings ribbon button for one of the resulting freeform elements? Its not there: But, as you ca…
Alan Moylan has posted a Star Trek Enterprise 1701 Revit family for you to download. I, for one, am glad to see a Trek vehicle added to the current interstellar Revit line-up, mostly from that ‘other’…
Revit doesn’t like to deal with an array that has 1 instanced element or component (although there is one exception). The array will break. So, the way to handle it is to have a separate single instan…
In the Revit 2015 Project Environment, you can access the tools to Manage Selections from the Manage Ribbon: However, this Ribbon Panel is not available on the default Manage Ribbon in the Family Envi…
Handout: St. Louis Revit Users Group Family Introduction Handout More links at: http://stlrevitusers.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/april-learning-event-follow-up-family.html…
Well, there are at least three: 1) Wall by Face tool, from a slanted Mass face 2) My Wall Component family, with adjustable angle and corner voids – download here(warning – unsupported workflow) 3) Th…